Don鈥檛 Cancel Class: Chronicle of Higher Education Spotlights Novel Outreach by Career Development Center
September 13, 2019
- Author
- Jay Pfeifer
Last week, a new practice by the Center for Career Development that solves two problems at once: how to make the most of missed class time, and how to make career information easily accessible to students.
When a member of the faculty knows ahead of time that they have to miss class, the Center for Career Development is ready to step in.
鈥淟et us take that time and come in and do something meaningful with your students,鈥 said Jamie Stamey, executive director of the center.
With the program, known as 鈥淒on鈥檛 Cancel Class,鈥 the Center for Career Development builds new relationships with students while the professor doesn鈥檛 have to worry about unused time.
The Chronicle writes, 鈥淯ltimately, Stamey said, the center aims to help students understand how what they learn in class鈥攁nd outside the classroom, too鈥攃an help their professional development. Running the sessions during otherwise unused class time is one way to help students connect those dots.鈥